Wordstock, Portland’s annual bookapalooza and literastravaganza, gets rolling in a little over a week from now. The festival's list of authors and workshops is as long as … well I’m not feeling particularly literate this morning.

If you don’t have the scratch to buy your way in, you could try to win a ticket by entering the festival’s Twitter Haiku contest.

This week (through October 2), if you twitter a haiku about Wordstock, Wordstock authors, or any one of its partner events, you will be entered into the contest. You can find the rules here. Be sure to include @wordstockfest and the hashtag, #WSHaiku, so the good folks at the festival can find them.

Remember, a haiku typically has three lines totaling 17 syllables (five,seven,five). Here’s a haiku to help you remember.

Start with only five.Mix in seven more to taste.Add five more to end.

I’ve already submitted a few entries:

I like free ticketsto Wordstock or monster trucks.The key word is “free.”

To win free ticketsit is wise to seem earnest.Compliments help too.

Did not volunteer.Too cheap to buy a ticket.Will doggerel do?

Tickets to Woodstock?Oh man, that is so far out!Word, not Wood? I’m cool.